WP Writing Academy 501-2 Media Clips for E-Books

501 Multimedia in E-Books

Media 2: Clips Software

Clip Art, Photo Collections, Audio Clips & Video Clips

Special Offers & Featured Items for Adding Media Clips to Your E-Books

501 Media 1 Home --> Media 2: Clips Media 3: Graphics Media 4: Photo p. 1 Photo p. 2 Media 5: Audio Media 6: Video p. 1 Video p. 2 502 Adding Multimedia to Your E-Book 503 Using Interactive Features in Your E-Book

In addition to collecting media clips including clip art, photos, audio clips, and video clips from web sites that grant permission to use these materials, there are several software programs of clips to consider. In both cases, web and software, be sure to note copyright and license information.

Art Explosion 800,000

This clip art collection for about $80 offers you a variety and quality of clip art. This incredible 30-CD collection holds nearly a million images you can use for your personal projects, royalty-free. It is one of the widest variety of graphics available: fine art, web graphics, backgrounds, technical symbols, animation and more. Choose from vector or raster images, covering every need: photographs, classic and retro images, even fonts. Browse through hundreds of categories and subcategories. Edit the images down to any size you choose. Features step-by-step learning guide for using clip art in all your projects. Use the expanded Quick Locator tool for finding the image you need. Compatible with all graphics programs. Art Explosion 600,000 about $60. The ability to browse and locate as well as to edit the size is an important consideration for using graphic media in your e-books.

Clip Art & More 2.5 Million

This royalty-free image collection for about $25 offers an extensive assortment of images. It also gives you access to images on both CD and online, plus free, instant access to Clipart.com's collection. There are over 2.5 million high-quality illustrations, photos, fonts, sounds, videos, and animations. It has easy-to-use searchable categories for browsing the complete collection. View all your images directly from any source in thumbnail mode. Locate the right image fast with the easy search tool.

ClickArt Photo

ClickArt Photo (under $30) delivers 200,000 brilliant photographs along with thousands of clip art images & illustrations that are possible items for your e-book projects. The images in ClickArt Photo are royalty free. The photos in cover a wide variety of subjects: people, nature, sports, business, travel, and artistic black and white shots. Search by keyword to access the needed image in moments. View thumbnails for quick, easy reference. It works with popular design & business programs such as Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXpress, The Print Shop, PrintMaster, Microsoft Office products and others.

ClickArt 950,000

This program for less than $50 includes a large selection of mages and graphics. It has a full set of Web-ready images, appropriate for e-books, with thousands of themes. There are over 100,000 photos and fine art images and 1,000 TrueType fonts. You can locate the necessary image with keyword search. It includes integrated photo and image editing.

ClickArt Pro

ClickArt Pro for about $30 from the same company as the above items offers similar features with photos, clip art, graphics, fonts, key word search and so forth.